162 Barcode Manipulation
VX6 Reference Guide E-EQ-VX6RG-J
Enable Code ID
This parameter determines the type of barcode identifier being processed.
Note: Since the VX6 does not contain an internal scanner, this feature requires that the
external scanner be manually configured to include the Code ID as part of the incoming
barcode data. Please refer to the scanner documentation to enable the Code ID.
Transmission of the Code ID is enabled at the scanner for all barcode symbologies, not for an
individual symbology. Code ID is sent from the scanner so the scanner driver can discriminate
between symbologies.
Options
None The only entry in the Symbology list is All. The barcode data is received but it
is not checked for a Code ID.
AIM The Symbology list is loaded with the known AIM ID symbologies for that
platform, plus any configured Custom code IDs.
Symbol The Symbology list is loaded with the known Symbol ID symbologies for that
platform, plus any configured Custom Code IDs.
Custom Does not change the scanner’s Code ID transmission setting. The Symbology
list is loaded with any configured Custom Code IDs.
Notes
• When Strip: Code ID (see Symbology panel) is not enabled, the code ID is sent as part of
the barcode data to an application.
• When Strip: Code ID (see Symbology panel) is enabled, the entire custom code ID string is
stripped (i.e. treated as a Code ID).
• UPC/EAN Codes only: The code id for supplemental barcodes is not stripped.
• When Enable Code ID is set to AIM or Symbol, Custom Code IDs appear at the end of the
list of standard Code IDs.
• When Enable Code ID is set to Custom, Custom Code IDs replace the list of standard Code
IDs.
• When Enable Code ID is set to Custom, AIM or Symbol Code IDs must be added to the
end of the Custom Code ID. For example, if a Custom Code ID ‘AAA’ is created to be
read in combination with an AIM ID for Code 39 ‘]A1’, the Custom Code ID must be
entered with the AIM ID code first then the Custom Code ID : ]A1AAA.
• When Enable Code ID is set to None, Custom Code IDs are ignored.
• Custom symbologies appear at the end of the list in the Symbology dialog. They are
processed at the beginning of the list in the scanner driver. This allows custom IDs, based
on actual code IDs, to be processed before the Code ID.
• The tethered scanner operation cannot be controlled by the VX6 scanner application;
therefore, a ‘good’ beep may be sounded from the tethered scanner even if a barcode from
a tethered scanner is rejected because of the configuration specified. The VX6 emits a bad
scan beep, to indicate the barcode has been rejected.
